Monthly Archives: December 2011
Hitachi, Samsung, Sharp Agree on LCD Price-Fixing Settlement
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman announced a $553 million multistate settlement with seven major technology corporations alleged to have illegally conspired to artificially...
Apple iPhone 4 Users Get Siri Through Spire Hack
Owners of Apple's iPhone 4 who have a hankering to use the company's much-publicized voice-recognition personal assistant Siri can now do so thanks to...
CSOs Should Address Risks and Network Visibility With Board of Directors
Thanks to the number of high-profile security incidents and breaches in 2011, corporate boards and senior executives are thinking about security more than ever...
Verizon Wireless Customers Suffer Third December Outage
Verizon Wireless is reportedly experiencing its third widespread outage of December.The outage has been widely reported in the media, including AllThingsD, even as customers...
Ballmer at CES
Ballmer at CES
In January, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer used his keynote speech at the Consumer Electronics Show to show off the Xbox 360's hands-free...
Google’s Merry Christmas: 3.7 Million Android Device Activations
It was a very good Christmas for Google's Android mobile operating system, as 3.7 million Android devices were activated over the holiday.In a Dec....
Microsoft Releases Workarounds for DoS Zero-Day Bug in ASP.NET
Microsoft has released a workaround for an ASP.NET vulnerability to help protect Websites against potential denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, according to a security advisory.The publicly...
Microsoft’s 2011: Windows 8 Prep, Windows Phone, Android Battles
In retrospect, 2011 could be viewed as the year when Microsoft tried to pivot: away from its desktop-centric focus and toward mobility, from packaged...
Google+ Passes 62 Million Users, On Track for 400 Million
Google's Google+ social-networking and identity service has garnered 62 million users and is on track to reach 400 million by the end of 2012.This...
Windows Phone Marketplace Reaches 50,000 Apps
According to All About Windows Phone (AAWP), the Windows Phone Marketplace now has more than 50,000 apps.Although 50,000 is less than one-tenth of what...